An Aalim who had staged a nazam programme a couple of years ago in our Musjid have introduced another new programme which was never practiced by the U

Answer

The problem with those who masquerade as shaikhs of tasawwuf is that they are lamentably ignorant of the meaning of Tasawwuf. They themselves have not submitted to a valid programme of Islaah of the Nafs. They have fortuitously bumped into someone who doled out 'khilaafat' to them. Now in order to project an ima g e o f ' ma s h e e k h a t ' a n d 'buzrugiyyat', they invent bid'ah practices which were unknown to the Sahaabah, Taabi-een, Tab-e-Taabieen and the entire Ummah of Fuqaha and the masses down the passage of islam's 14 century history. In order to promote their trade of 'masheekhat', they peddle customs of bid'ah. The whole scenario of this bid'ah programme is to impress the public and to create a following. In short it is selling the Deen for the dunya.

The only valid ingredient in this programme is the kitaab-reading after Asr. Whoever wishes to participate, may do so, and whoever wishes to leave, may do so. But the other three acts are bid'ah from which it is Waajib to abstain.